Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 5

JLPT level: N2

733 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 11

Meaning: halt, stopping

Kunyomi: と.める と.まる

Onyomi: テイ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: にんべん

Meaning: man, human

Strokes: 2

Examples

Examples with audio

学(ていがく)   suspension from school

職(ていしょく)   suspension from work

バス(バスてい)   bus stop

車する(ていしゃする)   stop one's car

止する(ていしする)   stop [v.i., v.t.]

電する(ていでんする)   go out, get cut off (electricity)

戦する(ていせんする)   suspend hostilities

滞する(ていたいする)   stagnate

調する(ちょうていする)   conciliate

Onyomi Examples

テイシャ stopping (of a train, car, etc.), stop

テイシ stoppage, coming to a stop, halt, standstill, ceasing (movement, activity, etc.), suspension (of operations), interruption (e.g. of electricity supply), cutting off, suspension (of payment, a licence, etc.), (temporary) prohibition, ban, suspension of music, dance, etc. as a sign of mourning for a prominent person

カイテイ release from suspension (of a newspaper, magazine, etc.; Meiji period), removal of suspension

居中調 キョチュウチョウテイ mediation

Kunyomi Examples

止める とめる to stop, to turn off, to park, to prevent, to suppress (a cough), to hold back (tears), to hold (one's breath), to relieve (pain), to stop (someone from doing something), to dissuade, to forbid, to prohibit, to notice, to be aware of, to concentrate on, to pay attention to, to remember, to bear in mind, to fix (in place), to fasten, to tack, to pin, to nail, to button, to staple, to detain, to keep in custody

止まる とまる to stop (moving), to come to a stop, to stop (doing, working, being supplied), to come to a halt, to cease, to be stopped, to be suspended, to alight, to perch on